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Rural Carrier Associate (RCA)

USPS (United States Postal Service)
Four Oaks, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2026 CLOSED ON 3/27/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) position at USPS (United States Postal Service)?

Please read: · You are required to provide a vehicle sufficient in size for delivery of mail and packages. RCAs will receive an Equipment Maintenance Allowance. You will be required to have the ability to deliver from the right-hand side of the vehicle, even if you provide one.

Rural Carrier Associate (RCA)

$21.89 per hour paid bi-weekly

RCAs case, deliver, and collect mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle and provide customers on the route with a variety of services.

· Benefits may include health insurance.

· Part–time, non-career position, which may lead to a full-time career position.

· Applicants must have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.

· Hours will vary on weekdays and will include holidays and weekends; there is no guarantee of hours.

· You must be flexible with little to no lead time or advance notice of a schedule change.

· You are required to provide a vehicle sufficient in size for delivery of mail and packages. RCAs will receive an Equipment Maintenance Allowance.

  • You will be required to have the ability to deliver from the right-hand side of the vehicle, even if you must provide one.
  • · You will perform work indoors and outdoors in all elements of weather: rain, sleet, ice, snow, cold, and heat, and you may encounter animals and insects too.
  • · Your duties will be physically demanding requiring moderate to heavy lifting, carrying, prolonged standing, reaching, and walking.
  • · You will always provide mail security.
  • · You must follow established safe work methods and procedures.

The USPS is an equal opportunity employer and a top employer of veterans.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $21.89 per hour

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Paid training

Application Question(s):

  • You are required to have a vehicle. Do you have a vehicle suitable to deliver packages and mail?

Work Location: In person

Salary : $22

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